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Appalachian Resource Company LLC controller

MSHA controller ID: 0157781

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
39
Mines on record
9
Years on record
2021–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
1,663
citations
370
significant & substantial
$1,681,155
proposed penalties
$1,031,799
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $649,356 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
199
inspections on record
14,082
inspection hours
11.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
1,663 citations across 14,082 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1.7M
proposed penalties
$1.1M
current assessed
$1.0M
paid to date
$21K
outstanding
1,612 assessments are final orders; 67 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2026
3
2025
7
2024
4
2023
8 (1f)
2022
8
2021
9

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
February 26, 2023 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was mobilizing dozer to work site for following day via haul road. Cause of accident unknown. Employee went over embankment and was found approx. halfway down mountain. Details unknown at this time. Employee found deceased. No eye witnesses.

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